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Journal of Fandom Studies 9.2 is out now!
Friday, May 06, 2022

Journal of Fandom Studies 9.2 is out now!

Intellect is pleased to announce that Journal of Fandom Studies 9.2 is out now!

 

For more information about the journal and issue click here>>

https://www.intellectbooks.com/journal-of-fandom-studies

 

Aims & Scope

 

Journal of Fandom Studies seeks to offer scholars a dedicated, peer-reviewed publication that promotes current scholarship into the fields of fan and audience studies across a variety of media. We focus on the critical exploration, within a wide range of disciplines and fan cultures, of issues surrounding production and consumption of popular media (including film, music, television, sports and gaming).

 

Issue 9.2

 

Articles

 

Fandom as religion: A social-scientific assessment

MICHAEL A. ELLIOTT

 

Summoners’ Rift: Transmedia intertextuality in League of Legends esports fan discourse

MANUEL R. ENVERGA III

 

Boy crazy, but not in a straight way: The ‘truth’ about Larry in the One Direction fandom

HANNAH MCCANN AND CLARE SOUTHERTON

 

Middle-aged Malaysian women’s agency in participating in a K-pop fandom

SHARMAINE LOH

 

Interview

 

‘I love this, I wish I could make this’: Talking digital adventure games with Mark Yohalem

JEFFERY KLAEHN